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MENNONITE BOARD OF MISSIONS

Table of Contents

IV-1 Mennonite Evangelizing Committee, 1882-1892

IV-2 Mennonite Evangelising Board of America, 1892-1896

IV-3 Benevolent Organization of Mennonites, 1890-1896

IV-4 Mennonite Evangelizing and Benevolent Board, 1896-1906

IV-5 Mennonite Board of Charitable Homes and Missions, 1899-1906

IV-6 Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities, 1906-
Board of Directors, 1906-

IV-6-1 Mission Committee, 1906-39
IV-6-2 Executive Committee, Minutes, 1906-
IV-6-3 Annual Meetings, Reports and Workbooks, 1907-
IV-6-4 Correspondence
IV-6-5 Tapes of Annual Meetings, 1958-70

IV-6-6 Tapes, 1956-83

IV-6-7 Board of Directors, Minutes, 1971-
IV-6-8 Executive Council, Minutes, 1981-83
IV-6-9 Administrative Committees, Minutes, 1971-86

Home Ministries
Overseas Ministries
Administration and Resources

IV-7 Executive Office, 1906-

IV-7-1 Correspondence, 1906-45 (Bulk, 1921-45)
IV-7-2 Correspondence, 1938-68
IV-7-3 Correspondence, 1951-61
IV-7-4 Correspondence, 1959-72
IV-7-5 Correspondence, 1944-50
IV-7-6 Correspondence, 1967-87 (Bulk, 1975-82)

J. S. Shoemaker, 1906-1920, Secretary
S. C. Yoder, 1921-43, Secretary
J. D. Graber, 1943-59, Executive Secretary
H. Ernest Bennett, 1960-80, Executive Secretary
Paul M. Gingrich, 1980-94, President


IV-8 Financial and Computer Services, 1996-
Formerly called Office of Treasurer, & Finance Department, -1995.

IV-8-1 Financial Reports, 1909-70
IV-8-2 Final Books of Entry, 1919-50
IV-8-3 Conference Financial Reports, 1909-48
IV-8-4 City Mission Financial Reports, 1908-51
IV-8-5 Contributions and Miscellaneous Listings, 1917-71

IV-8-6 Quarter (Coin) Fund, 1921-48

IV-8-7 Civilian Public Service Dependency Fund, 1941-45
IV-8-8 Financial Matters, Miscellaneous, 1905-47
IV-8-9 India File, 1911-40
IV-8-10 Correspondence, 1908-34

IV-8-11 Correspondence, 1909-43

IV-8-12 Correspondence, 1944-45
IV-8-13 Civilian Public Service Dependency, Correspondence, 1941-45
IV-8-14 Foreign Correspondence, 1941-51
IV-8-15 Correspondence, 1946-56

IV-8-16 Correspondence, 1951-55

IV-8-17 Foreign Correspondence, 1951-55
IV-8-18 E. C. Bender, 1919-59
IV-8-19 Legal and Finance Committee, 1978-82
IV-8-20 Investment Committee, 1959-68

IV-8-21 Board of Trustees, Minutes, 1971

IV-8-22 Treasurer's Office, 1978-83
IV-8-23 Correspondence from Vouchers, 1920-50

IV-9 Student Services, 1958-90

IV-9-1 Minutes and Reports, 1958-81
IV-9-2 Mennonite Graduate Fellowship, 1959-78
IV-9-3 Correspondence and Memos, 1958-66 (A. J. Meyer)
IV-9-4 Student Census Materials, 1962-63
IV-9-5 Student Services Committee

IV-9-6 Student Services, Paul Erb, 1958-65

IV-9-7 Stud. Serv., Philadelphia Off., 1970-80. Cash book, 1954-74
IV-9-8 Student Services Department, 1958-74. Includes records, 1958-72, A-Z; printouts, 1970-74; student file cards, 1959-67; and printouts, 1968-70
IV-9-9 Booklets, Student and Young Adult Services, 1976-85


IV-10 Information and Education Department, 1996-
Earlier called Church Relations, -1995, and before that Information Services, 1953- .

IV-10-1 Official Records, 1961-62
IV-10-2 Correspondence, 1953-65
IV-10-3 Printed materials, 1953-85
IV-10-4 News Releases, 1974-85
IV-10-5 Audiovisuals, 1961-77
IV-10-6 Audiovisuals Department, Correspondence, 1962-73
IV-10-7 Photographs, 1906-85


IV-11 Human Resources and Office Services Department, 1996-
Earlier called Personnel Department, -1995.

IV-11-1 Minutes, 1953-82
IV-11-2 Official Records, 1955-86
IV-11-3 Assorted Materials, 1946-65


IV-12 Personnel Files, 1900-84 (Bulk, 1949-84)

IV-12-1 Personnel Files, Voluntary Service, 1949-84
IV-12-2 Personnel Files, 1900-65 (Miscellaneous)
IV-12-3 Personnel Files, Overseas, 1899-1984
IV-12-4 Personnel Files, Combined, 1992-1993

IV-13 Media Ministries, 1951-

IV-13-1 Minutes and Reports, 1951-81
IV-13-2 Assorted Materials, 1956-69, 1975-77
IV-13-3 Mennonite Broadcasts - Central Files, 1952-85
IV-13-4 Mennonite Broadcasts - Tapes, 1951-93
IV-13-5 Mennonite Broadcasts - Transcripts, 1958-76

IV-13-6 JELAM, 1972-84 (Junta Ejecutiva
Latinoamericana de Audiciones Menonitas)

IV-13-7 Media Ministries - Videos, 1969-92
IV-13-8 Puerto Rico Media, Field Records, 1947-72
IV-13-9 Choice Books, 1968-91
IV-13-10 Media Ministries - Program and Project Files, 1954-94


IV-14 Health and Welfare, 1898-1989
This department ceased to exist in 1989.

IV-14-1 Mennonite Children's Welfare Board, 1914-15
IV-14-2 Child Welfare Committee, 1950-55
IV-14-3 Official Records, 1962-83 (Minutes)
IV-14-4 Correspondence, 1967-68 (Luke Birkey)
IV-14-5 Association of Mennonite Hospitals and Homes, 1958-72

IV-14-6 Boys Village

IV-14-7 Eureka Home for the Aged, Illinois, 1919-30
IV-14-8 Froh Brothers Homestead, Sturgis, Michigan
IV-14-9 Kansas City Children's Home, Kansas, 1951-55
IV-14-10 Mennonite Youth Village, White Pigeon, Michigan, 1948-73

IV-14-11 Rittman Old People's Home, Ohio,
1906-18, 1944-79

IV-14-12 Rockome Board
IV-14-13 West Liberty Children's Home, Ohio. (See also Adriel School)
IV-14-14 Sunshine Children's Home
IV-14-15 La Junta Mennonite Hospital and Sanitarium, 1910-50

IV-14-16 Lebanon Community Hospital, Lebanon,
Oregon

IV-14-17 Pioneer Hospital and Nursing Home
IV-14-18 Data Files, 1951-73
IV-14-19 Schowalter Villa, Kansas, 1958-69
IV-14-20 Grace Children's Home, Nebraska, 1973-79

IV-14-21 Sunset Home, Geneva, Nebraska, 1961-79

IV-14-22 Valley View Hospital & Home, Glenwood Springs, CO, 1956-77
IV-14-23 Casa de Esperansa, Tuscon, Arizona, 1974- 76
IV-14-24 Koinos House, Adrian, Michigan, 1975-77
IV-14-25 Data Files, 1965-82 (Closed Programs)

IV-14-26 Data Files, 1908-36, 1948-91 (Kenneth
Schmidt, Director)

IV-14-27 Frontier Boys Village, Divide, Colorado, Field Records, 1960-78

IV-15 Evangelism, 1957-65

IV-15-1 Radio Evangelism
IV-15-2 Literature Evangelism, 1957-65
IV-15-3 Commission on Evangelism

IV-16 Evangelism and Church Development, 1910, 1939-
This department was earlier known as the Home Missions Department, until the reorganization of MBM in 1982.

IV-16-1 Official Records, 1964-68, 1971-
IV-16-2 Correspondence, 1970
IV-16-3 Miscellaneous, 1968
IV-16-4 Arkansas Mennonite Missions Committee, 1945-50, etc.
IV-16-5 City Missions, 1910, 1939-47

IV-16-6 Canton Mission

IV-16-7 Chicago Home Mission
IV-16-8 Hope Rescue Mission
IV-16-9 Los Angeles Mission
IV-16-10 Portland Mission

IV-16-11 Toronto Home Mission

IV-16-12 Twenty-Sixth Street Mission
IV-16-13 Mennonite Bible Mission, Rockwell Street, Chicago, Illinois
IV-16-14 Mennonite Gospel Mission, Altoona, Pennsylvania
IV-16-15 Mennonite Gospel Mission, Reading, Pennsylvania

IV-16-16 Mennonite Gospel Mission, Kansas City, Kansas

IV-16-17 Mennonite Home Mission, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
IV-16-18 Mennonite Mission, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
IV-16-19 Sunnyside Mission, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
IV-16-20 Welsh Mountain Mission and Samaritan Home, New Holland, Pennsylvania

IV-16-21 Official Records

Official Records, Series #1, 1946-69
Official Records, Series #2, 1958-70
Official Records, Series #3, 1970-80
(Temporary set of records until official files arrive.
This is a culled set of records which
includes an assortment of things)

IV-16-22 Inter-Mennonite Home Ministries Council, 1969-
84

IV-16-23 Evangelism and Church Development, 1980-85
(Temporary set of records until official files arrive.
This is culled set of conference minutes)
IV-16-24 Mission '72 (Held at Harrisonburg, Virginia)

IV-17 American Mennonite Mission - India, 1899-1975

IV-17-1 Business Meetings, 1915-52
IV-17-2 Executive and Managing Committees, 1915-52
IV-17-3 Superintendent's File, 1900-21
IV-17-4 Secretary's File, 1917-52
IV-17-5 Financial Records, 1899-1952

IV-17-6 Educational Committee, 1915-51

IV-17-7 Evangelistic Committee, 1913-52
IV-17-8 Normal Committee, 1940
IV-17-9 Industrial Committee, 1919-25
IV-17-10 Medical Committee, 1917-59

IV-17-11 Building and Survey Committee, 1915-29

IV-17-12 Language and Translation Committee, 1923-33
IV-17-13 Publicity Committee, 1922-37
IV-17-14 WCCW, 1910-56
IV-17-15 Committees, Miscellaneous

IV-17-16 Non-American Mennonite Mission Committees, 1950-67

IV-17-17 India Church Conference, 1912-66
IV-17-18 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1904-51
IV-17-19 Miscellaneous, 1901-75
IV-17-20 Educational and Industrial Institutions, 1900-52

IV-17-21 Charitable Institutions and Stations, 1901-60

IV-17-22 American Mennonite Association, 1952-66

IV-18 Overseas Ministries, 1912-

IV-18-1 Minutes and Reports, 1961-83
IV-18-2 Correspondence, 1946-74 (Includes Missionary Support)
IV-18-3 Miscellaneous, 1965-70
IV-18-4 Israel Evangelism Committee, 1963-65
IV-18-5 Italian Evangelism Committee

IV-18-6 Ulrich Foundation

IV-18-7 London Mennonite Mission
IV-18-8 South Africa
IV-18-9 Africa, 1956 (Includes Ghana Visit, John H. Mosemann, 1956)
IV-18-10 J. D. Graber, General Secretary, Correspondence, 1951-55

IV-18-11 Argentina Field Correspondence, 1912-56

IV-18-12 Tapes, 1971-72
IV-18-13 Official Files, 1947-79
Official Files, Series #1, 1947-55
[See also: 1951-55 Corr., IV-18-10]
Official Files, Series #2, 1956-65
Official Files, Series #3, 1966-69
Official Files, Series #4, 1970-74
Official Files, Series #5, 1975-79
Official Files, Series #6, 1980-84
IV-18-14 Puerto Rico Field Records, 1942-62
IV-18-15 Curriculum Study Project, 1976-78, Wilbert Shenk
IV-18-16  Program Documents, 1957-1990, including West Africa, Africa,
Asia, Middle East and Latin America


IV-19 Service Ministries, 1918-
Earlier called Mennonite Relief and Service, and Voluntary Service

IV-19-1 War Sufferers Relief Committee, 1918-25
IV-19-2 Official Records, 1935-69 Includes minutes
IV-19-3 Correspondence, 1932-65
IV-19-4 Correspondence, VS and I-W, 1949-69
IV-19-5 Correspondence, 1936, 1966-73 Includes V.S. Scrapbooks, 1966-73

IV-19-6 Voluntary Service, 1944-64

IV-19-7 Voluntary Service, Closed Out Units, 1948-84
IV-19-8 Civilian Public Service Dependency
IV-19-9 I-W, 1954-72
IV-19-10 Domestic Relief, 1927

IV-19-11 Foreign Relief, 1955

IV-19-12 Spanish Relief, 1945-50
IV-19-13 Belgium, 1945-50
IV-19-14 MCC Relationship, 1940-68
IV-19-15 VS Administrative Memos, 1958-69

IV-19-16 Correspondence, 1935-63

IV-19-17 Mennonite Youth Fellowship, 1948-68
IV-19-18 Voluntary Service, 1960-69
IV-19-19 Summer Service and Work Camps, 1951-69

IV-20 Women's Missionary and Service Commission, 1921-84

IV-20-1 Executive Committee Records, 1930-68
IV-20-2 Treasurer's Records
IV-20-3 Publications, 1921-52, 1983
IV-20-4 Miscellaneous
IV-20-5 Executive Secretary Correspondence, 1955-64
Secretaries for this time
period were: Florence Shantz, (1956-58),
Doris Snyder (1958-59) and Dorothy McCammon (1960-66)

IV-20-6 Executive Committee Correspondence, 1955-
64

IV-20-7 Girl's Missionary and Service Auxiliary (GMSA)
IV-20-8 Indiana-Michigan WMSC District.
IV-20-9 Allegheny WMSC District
IV-20-10 Illinois WMSC District

IV-20-11 Iowa-Nebraska WMSC District

IV-20-12 Lancaster Conference
IV-20-13 North Central WMSC District
IV-20-14 Ohio and Eastern WMSC District
IV-20-15 Ontario Meetings

IV-20-16 Rocky Mountaion WMSC District
IV-20-17 Pacific Coast WMSC District
IV-20-18 South Central WMSC District
IV-20-19 South Pacific WMSC District
IV-20-20 Virginia WMSC District

IV-20-21 General Secretary of Lit. 1955-78, Alice
Lapp

IV-20-22 President Files, 1951-59, Minnie Graber
IV-20-23 Executive Secretary Files, 1962-84
Records Set #1, 1962-78
Records Set #2, 1963-71
Records Set #3, 1968-84

Dorothy McCammon (1960-
66)

Beulah Kauffman (1966-78)
Barbara Reber (1979-86)

IV-20-24 Books Abroad Program, 1961-88

IV-21 Minority Ministries Council, 1969-74

IV-21-1 Urban Racial Council
IV-21-2 Compassion Fund
IV-21-3 High-Aim Program
IV-21-4 Official Records, 1969-74
John Powell
IV-21-5 Education Program, 1970-73
Lynford Hershey, Director

IV-22 Services and Facilities, 1979-

IV-23 Blueprints, deeds, etc., 1929-36

IV-24 Conjoint Minutes, 1934-44, 1958-71

IV-24-1 Executive and Personnel Committees, 1958-71
IV-24-2 Executive and Relief Committees
IV-24-3 Executive and Overseas Missions Committees
IV-24-4 Executive and Mennonite Broadcasts
IV-24-5 Executive and two or more other committees
IV-24-6 Executive and Mission Committees, 1934-44
IV-24-7 Mennonite Board of Missions and Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities
IV-24-8 Board of Directors and Personnel Committee
IV-24-9 Board of Directors, Program Committee and Personnel Committee
IV-24-10 Board of Directors and Program Committee Chairperson

IV-25 Ad Hoc Committees, 1932-82

IV-25-1 Mission Study Course Committee, 1932-38
IV-25-2 Mission Problems Committee, 1935-39
IV-25-3 Study and Revisions Committee, 1932-35
IV-25-4 Elkhart Hospital Project, 1943-48
IV-25-5 Facilities Study Committee, 1964-65
IV-25-6 Study Committee on Church Organization, 1967-71
IV-25-7 Aspen Program Committee, 1982

IV-26 Artifacts

IV-27 Mennonite Church Buildings, Inc., 1957-63

IV-28 Business Office Correspondence, 1955-77

IV-28-1 General Correspondence, 1955-77
IV-28-2 Foreign Correspondence, 1959-73

IV-29 Cancelled Annuities, Miscellaneous Wills, etc., 1905-54

IV-30 Home Bible Studies and Prison Ministry, 1958-75

IV-31 Inter-Mennonite Media Group (Transferred to X-47, Council on Church and Media)

IV-32 Communication Committee, 1978-79

IV-33 Church Relations Committee, 1966-85

IV-33-1 Official Records
IV-33-2 Children's Caring Projects, 1966-85

IV-34 Out-spokin', 1968-83

IV-34-1 Official Records, 1968-83
IV-34-2 Audiovisual Materials


PRESIDENTS, YEARS SERVED


Joseph S. Shoemaker 1906-21
Sanford Calvin Yoder 1921-44
J. D. Graber 1944-59
H. Ernest Bennett 1959-78
Paul M. Gingrich 1978-94
Stanely Green 1994-


May 11, 2004 / Reformatted by Kathryn Yoder
Previously posted on web
March 12, 1996 / Dennis Stoesz
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